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loment

/ˈloʊ.mənt/

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noun

/ˈloʊ.mənt/C1formalscientific
  • ruТип сухого плода, а именно стручка, который перетянут между семенами и при созревании распадается на односемянные сегменты.

A type of dry fruit, specifically a seedpod that is constricted between the seeds and breaks apart when mature into single-seeded segments.

  1. Seedpod typeC2formalscientific

    A type of dry fruit, typical of some legumes, that is constricted between the seeds and breaks apart into single-seeded segments when mature.

    ruТип стручка

    • The loment of the tick trefoil easily separates into segments.
    • Botanists studied the unique structure of the loment.
    • Unlike a true pod, a loment splits transversely at the joints.